This week I have been helping devs with a number of question about where are logs stored on the Windows Phone and Windows 8 Platforms Well here a nice summary of the location of logs Logs (Windows Phone) Editor.log Located at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Unity\Editor\Editor.log UnityPlayer.log Located in App...

One of the most common questions I get is.. what is the best way to monetise my app? Well as a quick indication the following Image is how I generally advise people how to approach monetisation on the Windows Phone and Windows 8 Platform
As the image above clearly indicates, one of the best ways of...

There are three great plugin and Unity3d Asset available today Prime 31 Windows 8 Check the release notes page for up to the minute information about each release. Microsoft Store Plugin The Microsoft Store Plugin lets you offer your app as a free trial and sell in app purchases. Get full access to the...

Windows 8 allows you to build trial functionality right into your existing app, using the LicenseInformation class. Using the methods in this class, you wrap key functionality of your app inside conditional statements. You can then decide to time-limit these features in the trial version, disable them...

Beta3 release of Project Siena . This new release makes it even easier for business experts, business analysts and other app imagineers to create powerful custom mobile apps that are connected to enterprise services, major SaaS, and popular web and social services. Siena Beta 3 The Beta3 release is a...

Here a set of quick links for some of the most common asked questions I get re Windows Phone Marketplace Registration http://dev.windows.com/en-us/publish Marketplace Pricing http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/jj206732(v=vs.105).aspx App policies http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows...

Today we gathered at Dolby HQ in central London to celebrate UK Indie games developers. It was he chance of this years Greenshoots teams to showcase their brand new games. Greenshoots is a programme from Creative England and Microsoft to support start-up game studios with bringing new and...

In order to take advantage of the different screen resolutions and pixel densities that your Windows 8 and windows Phone apps will be displayed at, you’ll need to output some of your apps’ bitmap assets at different sizes. Why do you have create so many app icons? This is simply related to the different...

Fortumo is making carrier billing on Windows Phone and Windows 8 available to more app developers. Fortumo have launched a custom version of our Windows in-app purchasing SDK for developers using Unity to build their apps.Integrating carrier billing to your Windows Phone or Windows 8 app built with Unity...

The Unity 5.0 lowdown There’s plenty to look forward to in Unity 5 . Thanks to UNITY Teleporter demo you can see just how versatile our new physically-based shader is. Plus, get an overview of what you can expect from it here . New GUI this summer Learn about how the new Unity GUI and with less...

Today, there are millions of people out there are just waiting to press the download button. So the questions you now need to ask yourself are.. So how are you going to grab their attention? How will you convince them to download your app? Here are some great links Marketing Tutorials A nice HowTo guide...

One of the most popular question I am getting at present is how to get started or improve my knowledge of Unity the easy answer is simply keep building and playing? However here some quick guides and links to get you started no matter what level of experience you have. This list has been a collation...

Cocos2D-x is a great open source C++ cross-platform gaming engine for building games for mobile devices. Microsoft Open Technologies is contributing code to the open source project for the Windows devices support. What is MS Open Tech doing with Cocos2D-X? Cocos2D-x. Cocos2D-X is originally based on...

BAFTA, in partnership with Burberry, is looking for the next generation of British talent in Film, TV and Games. If you're working professionally in these industries and making a name for yourself in your chosen field – or you know someone who is – then we want to hear from you. Up to 20 talented newcomers...

I have had a few questions from Game developers asking about the use of networking classes in System.Net Some of the name spaces they are trying to utilise are simply not available on in .Net for Windows Phone or they have to changed from Windows 8 to WinRT. The following Unity project sample below includes...

Download the PDF , the Mobi , the ePub , as well as the companion content . We’re pleased to announce our free (1311-page) ebook: Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Second Edition, by Kraig Brockschmidt. Kraig began updating the first edition exactly a year ago, and when you...

One of the most popular questions from Unity Porting Camps http://www.unityportinguk.com has been how can I add ads to my app Well we have a number of supported Advertising SDK which are listed at our partner services portal for Windows 8 and Windows Phone development at http://services.windowsstore...

At Build last week we launched a new tool Windows App Studio Beta . With Windows App Studio you can build universal Windows app projects that results in an app for Windows Phone and Windows, all in a single session. This is the perfect tools of Student Hackathons combined with a FREE DreamSpark...

This week was packed with news from the BUILD conference for Windows and Windows Phone developers. If you didn't have a chance to join us in San Francisco don't worry, we share the highlights here and you can catch one of the sessions at http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014 Windows Phone 8.1 and...

Microsoft’s Build conference began yesterday with a series of fast-paced announcements and presentations by several key personnel demonstrating the company’s shift to open Windows to the entire platform. What follows is a summary of major announcements made on Day 1 and Day2. Day 1 Keynote Joe...

It's so easy to bring your existing Unity titles to Windows Store and Windows Phone. Use the resources on this page to port your content quickly and efficiently to a whole new global audience. Start with the basics Our Getting Started guides cover everything you need to know: configurations, SDKs, general...

As part of the #UnityportingUK http://www.unityportinguk.com one of the most common question we get is how can I take advantage of Azure Cloud Services Setting up Azure and Mobile Services If you do not have an Azure account, then you should sign up for one. The Azure Mobile Services have a free tier...